This document discusses emerging technologies in 2017 including augmented reality, social media, bots, and realistic takeaways. It outlines how augmented reality is moving beyond games like Pokemon Go to applications in education, libraries, and more. Social media is evolving with a focus on visual content, streaming, and episodic formats. Bots are growing rapidly for messaging apps and services like customer support. The key takeaways are that libraries should explore augmented reality applications, consider using bots instead of apps, and start experimenting with new video and content formats.